Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2022

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Table 31. Initial Reason for Tuberculosis Evaluation:1 Reporting Areas, 2022

Tuberculosis cases and percentages by primary reason for tuberculosis evaluation and reporting area.
Reporting area Total cases TB symptoms Contact investigation Screening Other Unknown or missing
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
United States2 8,331 5,017 (60.2) 372 (4.5) 904 (10.9) 1,916 (23.0) 122 (1.5)
Alabama 65 30 (46.2) 3 (4.6) 0 (0.0) 32 (49.2) 0 (0.0)
Alaska 95 48 (50.5) 32 (33.7) 5 (5.3) 10 (10.5) 0 (0.0)
Arizona 154 91 (59.1) 8 (5.2) 28 (18.2) 27 (17.5) 0 (0.0)
Arkansas 68 32 (47.1) 7 (10.3) 7 (10.3) 22 (32.4) 0 (0.0)
California 1,848 1,256 (68.0) 48 (2.6) 158 (8.5) 327 (17.7) 59 (3.2)
Colorado 57 47 (82.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.5) 8 (14.0) 0 (0.0)
Connecticut 67 53 (79.1) 3 (4.5) 8 (11.9) 3 (4.5) 0 (0.0)
Delaware 13 12 (92.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
District of Columbia 15 13 (86.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (13.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Florida 535 280 (52.3) 5 (0.9) 192 (35.9) 58 (10.8) 0 (0.0)
Georgia 262 137 (52.3) 7 (2.7) 26 (9.9) 92 (35.1) 0 (0.0)
Hawaii 101 54 (53.5) 8 (7.9) 11 (10.9) 28 (27.7) 0 (0.0)
Idaho 11 7 (63.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (36.4) 0 (0.0)
Illinois 298 193 (64.8) 17 (5.7) 19 (6.4) 69 (23.2) 0 (0.0)
Indiana 99 67 (67.7) 8 (8.1) 8 (8.1) 16 (16.2) 0 (0.0)
Iowa 60 47 (78.3) 8 (13.3) 4 (6.7) 1 (1.7) 0 (0.0)
Kansas 52 23 (44.2) 10 (19.2) 3 (5.8) 16 (30.8) 0 (0.0)
Kentucky 70 38 (54.3) 2 (2.9) 2 (2.9) 28 (40.0) 0 (0.0)
Louisiana 95 64 (67.4) 3 (3.2) 7 (7.4) 21 (22.1) 0 (0.0)
Maine 17 9 (52.9) 1 (5.9) 2 (11.8) 5 (29.4) 0 (0.0)
Maryland 157 90 (57.3) 4 (2.5) 9 (5.7) 53 (33.8) 1 (0.6)
Massachusetts 153 133 (86.9) 1 (0.7) 5 (3.3) 9 (5.9) 5 (3.3)
Michigan 120 87 (72.5) 3 (2.5) 8 (6.7) 22 (18.3) 0 (0.0)
Minnesota 132 110 (83.3) 10 (7.6) 7 (5.3) 4 (3.0) 1 (0.8)
Mississippi 54 28 (51.9) 0 (0.0) 11 (20.4) 14 (25.9) 1 (1.9)
Missouri 69 50 (72.5) 0 (0.0) 4 (5.8) 14 (20.3) 1 (1.4)
Montana 6 3 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (33.3) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0)
Nebraska 29 21 (72.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.4) 4 (13.8) 3 (10.3)
Nevada 62 50 (80.6) 4 (6.5) 2 (3.2) 6 (9.7) 0 (0.0)
New Hampshire 11 8 (72.7) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2) 0 (0.0)
New Jersey 289 195 (67.5) 6 (2.1) 39 (13.5) 47 (16.3) 2 (0.7)
New Mexico 30 18 (60.0) 1 (3.3) 3 (10.0) 8 (26.7) 0 (0.0)
New York State3 178 107 (60.1) 6 (3.4) 26 (14.6) 37 (20.8) 2 (1.1)
New York City 536 306 (57.1) 9 (1.7) 30 (5.6) 189 (35.3) 2 (0.4)
North Carolina 163 92 (56.4) 3 (1.8) 6 (3.7) 62 (38.0) 0 (0.0)
North Dakota 10 3 (30.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (50.0) 2 (20.0)
Ohio 146 87 (59.6) 9 (6.2) 7 (4.8) 40 (27.4) 3 (2.1)
Oklahoma 80 41 (51.3) 10 (12.5) 6 (7.5) 22 (27.5) 1 (1.3)
Oregon 73 45 (61.6) 4 (5.5) 0 (0.0) 23 (31.5) 1 (1.4)
Pennsylvania 173 95 (54.9) 3 (1.7) 17 (9.8) 38 (22.0) 20 (11.6)
Rhode Island 17 10 (58.8) 1 (5.9) 1 (5.9) 5 (29.4) 0 (0.0)
South Carolina 101 33 (32.7) 23 (22.8) 2 (2.0) 43 (42.6) 0 (0.0)
South Dakota 10 7 (70.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (30.0) 0 (0.0)
Tennessee 106 65 (61.3) 5 (4.7) 5 (4.7) 31 (29.2) 0 (0.0)
Texas 1,098 498 (45.4) 60 (5.5) 178 (16.2) 360 (32.8) 2 (0.2)
Utah 33 26 (78.8) 1 (3.0) 2 (6.1) 4 (12.1) 0 (0.0)
Vermont 3 3 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Virginia 195 113 (57.9) 7 (3.6) 27 (13.8) 47 (24.1) 1 (0.5)
Washington 251 143 (57.0) 30 (12.0) 14 (5.6) 52 (20.7) 12 (4.8)
West Virginia 11 9 (81.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0)
Wisconsin 52 39 (75.0) 1 (1.9) 6 (11.5) 3 (5.8) 3 (5.8)
Wyoming 1 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
American Samoa – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Federated States of Micronesia 51 35 (68.6) 15 (29.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
Guam 59 35 (59.3) 3 (5.1) 3 (5.1) 18 (30.5) 0 (0.0)
Republic of the Marshall Islands 106 73 (68.9) 5 (4.7) 27 (25.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9)
Northern Mariana Islands 23 21 (91.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.7) 0 (0.0)
Puerto Rico 22 15 (68.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (31.8) 0 (0.0)
Republic of Palau 7 7 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
U.S. Virgin Islands – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1Each person with TB has only one primary reason for TB evaluation.
2American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, and U.S. Virgin Islands are not included in the U.S. totals and percentages.
3Excludes New York City.

Note:
Data for all years are updated through July 8, 2023.

Double dashes (– –) indicate that data are not available.

See Technical Notes.